Specht & SöhneSP0042
Homage to the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface
about$290
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Specht & Söhne SP0042 is a homage to the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface, with a 24.5 mm case, 0.1 mm larger. It uses a quartz movement and is water resistant to 50 m. Its Resemblance Score is 52 out of 100. It costs about $290 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference Q7168420. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | SP0042 | Reverso (Q7168420) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 24.5 mm | 24.4 mm | +0.1 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 40 mm | 40.1 mm | −0.1 mm |
| Thickness | 11 mm | 7.55 mm | +3.45 mm |
| Lug width | Not published | 18 mm | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 50 m | 30 m | |
| Movement | Quartz | Hand-wound, Calibre 822 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 42 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Not published | |
| Bezel | Not published | Not published | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Stainless steel | |
| Lume | Yes | Not published | |
| Bracelet | Genuine leather strap | Not published | |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
The original
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Reverso
Reference Q7168420, monoface, steel, silvered grey opaline dial, 40.1 x 24.4 mm
- Case
- 24.4 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 40.1 mm
- Thickness
- 7.55 mm
- Water resistance
- 30 m
- Movement
- Hand-wound, Calibre 822
- List price
- $9,900
Why it scores 52
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Proportions22.3 / 30
- Case diameter11.6 / 120.1 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug7.7 / 80.1 mm apart
- Thickness0 / 63.5 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures12 / 40
- Rectangular case with soft curves and no sharp angles7 / 14Rectangular steel case with a flat top and side bars; the corners are squared rather than softly curved.
- Horizontal gadroons on the case0 / 8No horizontal ridges on the case or dial; the dial is plain with a printed inner frame.
- Applied trapezoidal hour markers0 / 5Printed Roman numerals instead of trapezoidal markers.
- Dauphine hands0 / 5Slim blued hands, not faceted dauphine hands.
- Railway-track minute marker5 / 5A printed railway minute track sits inside the Roman numerals on every dial in the images.
- Subtle triangular lugs that flow into the strap0 / 3The case has square side bars and no triangular lugs.
Functions and materials18 / 20
- Complications8 / 8Time only, as on the original; the images show a second dial on the back face of the case.
- Bezel action4 / 4No bezel, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4Stainless steel case, as on the original.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Sapphire crystal; the original's crystal is not recorded in its record.
Movement type0 / 10
- Movement type0 / 10Different movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Rectangular case with a second dial on the back face
- Three colour combinations
- Sapphire crystal
- Railway minute track on the dial
Less good
- Case is not the original's soft-curved shape and has no horizontal ridges
- Quartz movement, maker not named by the brand
- Brand publishes no weight or lug width
Versions and colours
- White Roman dial, blue strap; black-dial back faceIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $290
- Black Roman dial, black strap; mother-of-pearl back faceIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $290
- White Roman dial, blue strap; pearl-grey back faceIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $290
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.